Two German teens were detained and deported from Hawaii after US officials suspected they intended to work illegally, despite having valid travel authorization. They were held overnight in a detention ...

Pohl and Lepère’s experience is one of several harrowing, high-profile accounts from tourists who have had their vacations ...

Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepère, 18, were embarking on an around-the-world backpacking trip in March after graduating from high school. On March 18, they arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii ...

Maria Lepere, 18, and Charlotte Pohl, 19, arrived in Hawaii on March 18 with short-term travel permits ahead of a weeks-long US trip but were detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP ...

Two German teenagers were denied entry into the U.S. and deported from Honolulu after failing to show proof of lodging.

Pohl and Lepère told German media that border officials first became suspicious about the duration of the women's trip, their finances and that they had not booked accommodation for the entirety ...

Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepère, 18, from Rostock—about 140 miles north of Berlin—had already visited New Zealand and Thailand as part of their around-the-world trip after graduating ...

Charlotte Pohl told Ostsee Zeitung: "We wanted to travel spontaneously. Just like we did in Thailand and New Zealand." "We were scanned with metal detectors, the whole body was scanned ...

Two German teenagers planning to explore the US on vacation were thrown in jail and then booted from the country after Customs and Border Protection found their loosely planned trip “suspicious.” ...

The claims came from reports in German and English about Charlotte Pohl and Marie Lepère, German women who were reportedly stopped by U.S. border police while attempting to enter the U.S. in Hawaii.

Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepère, 18, from Rostock—about 140 miles north of Berlin—had already visited New Zealand and Thailand as part of their around-the-world trip after graduating from high ...